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<p>[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 4285451, member: 77704"]Louis Napoleon was elected first President of the Second Republic in 1848 following the 1848 Revolution that forced King Louis Philippe I to abdicate.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1852 Louis Napoleon declared himself Empereur of France. He started off good/ modernized the French economy/ expanded French overseas Territories/ Colonies.</p><p>In 1853 he sided with Great Britain in the Crimean War vs Russia. He also got into the Franco-Austrian War in Italy, defeating the Austro-Hungarians/ annexing Lombardy-Piedmonte region. In 1864 he invaded Mexico/ putting Maximilian I on throne as his proxy ruler. Then things turned bad.....by 1867 the Mexicans under Juarez overthrew Max.</p><p>Then he got worried by Prussians attempts to have unification of a German Reich. In 1870 his armies invaded Prussia, but got beaten back. Then Prussia with better tactics/ training/ leadership crushed the French. Finally at the Battle of Sedan the French army where annilhilated and surrendered. Thus Wilhelm I became German Kaiser/ Napoleon became unemployed. [ATTACH=full]1090623[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1090630[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="panzerman, post: 4285451, member: 77704"]Louis Napoleon was elected first President of the Second Republic in 1848 following the 1848 Revolution that forced King Louis Philippe I to abdicate. In 1852 Louis Napoleon declared himself Empereur of France. He started off good/ modernized the French economy/ expanded French overseas Territories/ Colonies. In 1853 he sided with Great Britain in the Crimean War vs Russia. He also got into the Franco-Austrian War in Italy, defeating the Austro-Hungarians/ annexing Lombardy-Piedmonte region. In 1864 he invaded Mexico/ putting Maximilian I on throne as his proxy ruler. Then things turned bad.....by 1867 the Mexicans under Juarez overthrew Max. Then he got worried by Prussians attempts to have unification of a German Reich. In 1870 his armies invaded Prussia, but got beaten back. Then Prussia with better tactics/ training/ leadership crushed the French. Finally at the Battle of Sedan the French army where annilhilated and surrendered. Thus Wilhelm I became German Kaiser/ Napoleon became unemployed. [ATTACH=full]1090623[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1090630[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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